Employers in NYS must provide certain employees with at least 24 consecutive hours of rest in any calendar week. Non-Factory Workers are entitled to a 30-minute lunch break between a.m. and.By law, employees are entitled to meal and rest breaks. In completing this form employees will be acknowledging in writing that their second job is subordinate to their employment with Nassau County. Employee meal breaks are required to be at least 30 minutes if an employee works six hours anywhere throughout New York state. Employees are entitled to a 45-minute break for shifts more than 6 consecutive hours that begin between 1 p.m. New York law does not require employers to give employees a rest break. Vacation leave may be accumulated in respect of any period not exceeding three years. Right of employee. 35. Fairness of dismissal. 36.